The installation process takes sometime depending on the speed of your internet connection. Select the folder where to install XAMPP and as pointed out earlier this folder should be different from where other program files are stored. The screenshots below show a step-by-step guide through the rest of the installation process. The first warning message will be informing you not to install XAMPP in the same location as other program files on your computer. In this case I’ll go through the installation on a Windows 10 machine. Run the executable file after downloading and XAMPP will be installed on your computer. Installing XAMPPįirst download the executable file for XAMPP by going to and there you can download XAMPP ‘.exe’ file for Windows, Linux or OS X depending on the version of operating system you are using. XAMPP also includes other useful tools such as the phpMyAdmin database administration tool, FileZilla FTP server, Mercury mail server and JSP server Tomcat.
P – Perl is a high level, general-purpose, interpreted dynamic programming language used in a number of applications including web development. 
P – PHP which is open-source server-side scripting language used to create dynamic websites and works well with MYSQL. In WordPress it is used for management of databases. M – MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) using Structured Query Language (SQL). A – Apache remote HTTP server used for exchange of files, images, or documents among clients. X – Cross-platform, meaning it runs on computers using any operating system. XAMPP a free software package used to set up a local web server environment on your computer. WAMP is used for Windows, LAMP for Linux, MAMP for Mac and XAMPP can be used for any operating system and is the one I’ll be installing for step-by-step guide. Since WordPress includes PHP and Database management, to run a WordPress website on a local computer you need to install a local web server.Įxamples of local servers include WAMP, LAMP, MAMP and XAMPP. This prevents the live website from breaking down in case some changes are not appropriate. Installing WordPress locally on your computer enables you to test out the various features of themes and plugins before implementing these changes on your live website. Install WordPress on localhost - Step By Step Wordpress Tutorial for Beginners (Part 1)
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